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Input from the Front Line–The truth behind the predictions

If you read some of our predictions for 2010 from various GroupeSTAHL people, you might be wondering how accurate they really were. Well, we’re only into February, but we have received some valuable feedback from customer service reps at Stahls’ ID Direct as to what is going on out there. On average our reps have [...]

More Predictions 2010

We might have to continue our predictions into February, since the month of January is pretty much over…how did that happen? January went by quickly, with a lot happening around GroupeSTAHL, the PPAI show in Las Vegas, the Imprinted Sportswear Show in Long Beach, the launching of CAD-CUT Direct.com, …I didn’t even have a chance [...]

Predictions for Promotional Products Market

Predictions for the future of the promotional products industry–at least those I gleaned from GroupeSTAHL people who had the opportunity to attend the show in Las Vegas last week–sound extremely positive.  Takeaways include: “Wow, this place is packed!” There are lines of people waiting to get in every morning and heavy traffic in both our [...]

It’s A Short Run World After All Article Published

To take a mini-break in my series on Predictions for 2010, I just received an email from Printwear Magazine announcing the arrival of the latest issue of Hot Graphics, an industry trade publication dedicated solely to the art of heat printing as a garment apparel decoration method. We have always supported this publication because it [...]

Predictions 2010 Part 4 of a Continuing Series in January

Thanks for all the positive feedback I’ve been getting on this series of predictions for 2010 from GroupeSTAHL people around the world. So far we’ve heard from Brian Baker, Product Research and Development, Josh Ellsworth,  Stahls’ CADCUT Direct and Ulrike Andre, Stahls’ International. Now I have a submission from David Wheatley, who has been with [...]

Heat Printing Predictions, Trends, Ideas 2010 Part 2

Hope everyone is getting off on the right foot in 2010. It’s going to be an exciting year and I have more predictions, marketing ideas and trends to share with you from GroupeSTAHL folks. Thanks for all your positive feedback on my recent posting on predictions for the heat printing industry for 2010. I have [...]